The saga of Biscuit continues.<\/a><\/strong> Danish farmhouse ale.<\/a><\/strong> Craft Creep.<\/a><\/strong> Inside the world’s most prestigious water-tasting competition.<\/a><\/strong> How ‘Rock Star’ Became a Business Buzzword.<\/a><\/strong> Interactive Map Shows America’s Regional Beer Preferences According to Twitter.<\/a><\/strong> But there’s still Twitter<\/strong><\/p>\n Any guesses as to what these are? pic.twitter.com\/y6cfWtqRID<\/a><\/p>\n — Simply Hops (@SimplyHops) August 14, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nIt starts with a somebody at Sun King Brewing in Indianapolis causing “Tom Brady Sux” to be printed on the bottom of 20,000 cans of beer and goes from there. Sun King does not sell its beer beyond the borders of Indiana, but it is not a small brewery. Oskar Blues Brewing, of course, operates breweries in two states and ships beer all over. But this is definitely not the way to act corporate. And for many people defining what constitutes “craft” includes considering what it is not. (There’s also all this.<\/a>) [Via Eater]<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n“So what happened to all this brewing? That’s difficult to say. Most places it had died out already at the time the responses were written. Per K\u00f8lster found an old woman on northern Funen who was still brewing in 2005, so probably the tradition is not yet entirely dead, but that’s the only sign I’ve ever seen of it still being alive anywhere.” [Via Larsblog]<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nPractical thoughts. [Via Are You Tasting the Pith]<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nStarted reading, couldn’t stop. [Via The Week]<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nRemember the discussion of brewers as rock stars? Not looking like a compliment these days. [Via New York Times]<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nTwitter maps show Americans’ beer preferences.<\/a><\/strong>
\nSorry there aren’t more links this week, but sometimes I look at the accumulated headlines and think, “Haven’t I read this before?
\n[Via First We Feast and Phys.org]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n